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Digby Willoughby (other)
Digby Willoughby may refer to: *Digby Willoughby, 7th Baron Middleton (1769–1856) *Digby Willoughby (adventurer) (1845–1901), English mercenary *Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton (1844–1922) *Digby Willoughby (bobsleigher), Lieutenant Colonel Digby Willoughby, (1934–2007) *Michael Willoughby, 12th Baron Middleton Digby Michael Godfrey John Willoughby, 12th Baron Middleton MC (1 May 1921 – 27 May 2011), was a Conservative British peer who actively opposed the House of Lords Act 1999 which expelled most hereditary peers from the House of Lords. In addit ..., real name Digby Willoughby, (b. 1921) * Digby Willoughby (Conservative politician), Lord Mayor of Hull, and figure of the 1946 corruption scandal {{hndis, Willoughby, Digby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digby Willoughby, 7th Baron Middleton
Digby Willoughby, 7th Baron Middleton (29 November 1769 – 5 November 1856), was an English nobleman and sailor. He was the eldest son of Francis Willoughby of Hesley and Octavia Fisher, and grandson of Thomas Willoughby. He entered the Royal Navy in 1782, retiring as a captain in 1840. He never married but had one illegitimate daughter, Octavia. He lived in the Willoughby family seat at Wollaton Park, Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi .... References See also * {{DEFAULTSORT:Middleton, Digby Willoughby, 7th Baron 1769 births 1856 deaths Royal Navy officers Digby 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digby Willoughby (adventurer)
Digby Willoughby (1845–1901) was an English adventurer and mercenary. Life Willoughby left England for South Africa in 1871 to seek his fortune. During the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War, he served as an officer in the Natal Mounted Police. He then for a time acted as auctioneer's assistant, subsequently becoming partner in the firm of Willoughby & Scoones at Maritzburg, where he resided. After a short period with a theatrical company, he raised and commanded an irregular troop, "Willoughby's Horse", which saw service in the Basuto Gun War of 1880. In January 1884 Willoughby went to Madagascar, where, gaining the confidence of the Queen Ranavalona III and her husband Rainilaiarivony, the prime minister, he was appointed on 18 May general commander of the '' Hovas'', the kingdom's armed forces (18 May). On the outbreak of the First Franco-Hova War next year he assembled and drilled an army of 20,000 soldiers. The Hovas, however, were heavily defeated. At the close of the war in December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton
Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton (24 August 1844 – 28 May 1922), was an English nobleman, the eldest son of Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton.Middleton at 'Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953. He was educated at Eton. He served in the 1860s with the Scots Fusilier Guards, retiring with the rank of captain. On 30 July 1869 he was appointed second major in the 1st Administrative Brigade of Yorkshire (East Riding) Artillery Volunteers, of which his father the 8th Baron was honorary colonel. The 9th Baron later commanded the unit as lieutenant-colonel, became Hon Col in turn on 29 May 1879, and held the post into the 20th Century. On 5 August 1869 married Eliza Maria Gordon-Cumming (16 June 1847 – 27 April 1922 Birdsall House, Birdsall). The couple had no children. He succeeded his father in 1877 and lived in the Willoughby family seat at Birdsall House which he preferred to Wollaton Park, Nottingham Nottingham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digby Willoughby (bobsleigher)
Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant Colonel Digby Jeremie Willoughby (4 May 1934 – 27 February 2007) was a soldier and sportsman, one of a two-man bobsleigh team that broke the world record in 1961. He later became chief executive of the Cresta Run, St Moritz Tobogganing Club, a position he held for 24 years, fiercely guarding its traditions, which he saw as part of the last truly amateur sport. Early life Digby Jeremie Willoughby was born in India, the son of an officer of the Bombay Grenadiers and the Indian Political Service. He was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, RMA Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), 2nd Gurkha Rifles and joined the 1st Battalion in Malaya in 1955. During his early leaves from the Far East Willoughby began to ride bobsleigh runs, and in 1961 his two-man team broke the world record on the St Moritz Bob run and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Willoughby, 12th Baron Middleton
Digby Michael Godfrey John Willoughby, 12th Baron Middleton MC (1 May 1921 – 27 May 2011), was a Conservative British peer who actively opposed the House of Lords Act 1999 which expelled most hereditary peers from the House of Lords. In addition to his service in the House of Lords, where he served as Chairman of the Food and Agriculture Subcommittee from 1989 to 1992, he was a veteran of World War II. Early life Digby Michael Godfrey John Willoughby was born 1 May 1921 to Michael Willoughby, 11th Baron Middleton, and his wife Angela Florence Alfreda Hall, the eldest of four children. Through his great-grandmother, Julia Louisa Bosville (1824–1901), he is a direct descendant of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, via his illegitimate daughter Maria Louisa. Raised at the family estate at Birdsall House in Malton he received his early education at Eton. Military career In 1940 Willoughby received a commission to join the newly formed 5th Battalion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
